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Carnival of Satire (#86)

By on October 25, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of SatireIt must be the change in seasons, but many of our satirists this week seem to be writing about travel and transportation. Or in the case of our first entry, drawing:

Vishal K Bharadwaj has an entertaining cartoon post on the The Future of Human Transportation.

Mr. Wisdumb is the most savage art critic in the galaxy, and the evidence is his review of Kid’s art.

Rory is about to get Biblical on us, with: I’ll… I’ll smite their heads off.

Rickey Henderson tells the tale of Rickey’s Vegas Odyssey.

On a related note, Marilyn Terrell found this impending lawsuit at the Banterist: Brian Sack vs. Sesame Place.

Has anyone ever considered that Madeleine Begun Kane is not “a recovering lawyer” (as she claims), but some kind of satirical poesy uber-cyborg? Because she’s out there every week, cranking out the poetic parody: SCHIP Haiku, AND Pondering Rudy.

Kev wonders Whatever Happened to The Dell Dude?

Dearest Beloved, The Money Moose has some bad advice in: Your Nigerian Partner.

WFM has a tale of customer service Roadkill that is so absurd, we hope it’s satire.

Therapydoc has a joke about Burma by Zarganar.

Marc and Angel explain The 15 Most Common White Lies and Why.

SnoopyTheGoon presents Comical Hugo’s paradise vision. Snoopy, this isn’t quite satire, but we’ve included it, because post does provide food for thought, and the opportunity for us to suggest that Hugo should also implement a Sex Tax. Perhaps Gavin can work out the economics.

Sammy Benoit presents A Perfect Solution to the Jerusalem Issue.

And while we’re abroad, we’ll finish with Chris who has advice for those driving in Bali: Still paying off corrupt Traffic Cops? Try this instead.

Thanks to everyone for continuing to make this a great carnival. If you submitted something, and it didn’t make it into the carnival, it’s not that we don’t appreciate your work, but we just felt it wasn’t right for the carnival. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. A special thanks to Rob for the photo.

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The Skwib is back, baby!

By on October 25, 2007 in General Skwib

Okay, after three days of hell, The Skwib is back!

A special thanks to Ben from zid.com (my host) who has been a lifesaver. Now, back to skwibby silliness!

I’ll be updating the look and the features at the site, now that I have a brand new WordPress to play with.

Obviously, something’s up

By on October 23, 2007 in General Skwib

Hi folks,

In case you’ve tried to visit in the last day, and thought, WTF?!, yes, I am trying to update the site.

There have been a few hiccups along the way. We should be back to normal by Thursday.

Should.

Cheers,
Mark

Professor Quippy: Run for it boys, it’s soya!

By on October 18, 2007 in Odd Science

Professor QuippyAll you health-conscious men out there, be warned: soya is not your friend. At least, not of your “boys”.

Sure, it may be filled with lots of cholesterol-fighting goodness, and it’s a nice protein substitute, but even a half-serving will decimate the population of your virile swimmers in their manly spherical home.

The study by Jorge Chavarro at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, US, and his colleagues showed that a half-serving (half-severing, more like) cut sperm production by 40 percent! Apparently, soya foods “contain high amounts of isoflavones, compounds that mimic the effects of oestrogen in the body.”

So: Power-bars will rend you power-less! Just say “no” to miso soup! A hale and hearty “F-U” to the tofu!

This also explains why I was able to be “master of my domain” for much longer periods of time (upwards of three hours) when I was having a soya protein shake for lunch last year.

You can find more science-y stuff about this important story at the New Scientist: Eating soya could slash men’s sperm count.